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Indianapolis- New statistics show that Indiana's deepening recession failed to halt government hiring and growth in the education and health service sectors in January.
A state-by-state unemployment report released today by the U.S. Labor Department shows that Indiana lost about 12,400 jobs in January, when its unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent.
The Indiana Business Research Center says about 90 percent of those lost jobs hit the state's manufacturers.
Despite those lost manufacturing jobs, the report showed some good news with slight job growth in government, heavy construction and leisure and hospitality, among others.
The most significant hiring came in Indiana's government offices, which hired about 5,200 new workers in January at the federal, state and local levels.
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